Improving health care by inspiring a balanced exchange of evidence, experience, and perspectives.
About Us
The Alliance for Health Policy is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping policymakers and the public better understand health policy, the root of the nation’s health care issues, and the trade-offs posed by various proposals for change.
We believe a better health care system begins with a balanced exchange of evidence, experience, and multiple perspectives.
Signature Series
Courageous Conversations. Innovative Events.
The annual Signature Series addresses challenging issues in health policy by convening cross-sector dialogue with experts in both policy and practice. Together, we critically examine and identify what’s at stake, as well as key areas of opportunity.
Explore Events
The Alliance serves as a trusted resource, empowering current and future health policy leaders to improve the nation’s health care system by advancing their understanding of the issues that matter and by convening them in solutions-focused conversations.
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2026 Health Policy Forecast Symposium and Reception
Health Data Privacy in the AI Era: Navigating Federal and State Protections and Emerging Risks
2026 Signature Series Congressional Briefing
Health Insurance Fundamentals: How the U.S. System Really Works
2026 Signature Series Summit on Health Care Payment
5 Questions to Ask in Your Next Health Care Payment Conversation
2026 Health Policy Academy
Inside the BLC Fellowship: In-Person Informational Event
Resources For You
Policymakers
Members of Congress, Congressional and agency staff, federal, state, and local legislators.
Health Care Stakeholders
Industry stakeholders, practitioners and providers, patient advocates, community organizations, academics.
Media
Members of the press, journalists, public relations professionals.
Discover Topics
The Alliance takes a “listening first” approach, gathering insights from the health policy community and health care stakeholders to clarify and synthesize current issues and create a forum for dialogue to advance the conversation for improving health and health care in the United States.
In the Spotlight
Health Care Costs
Health care costs can be defined in three ways: 1) the expense incurred by providers in the delivery of health care services 2) the amount that is paid for services rendered by private and public payers; and 3) out-of-pocket patient spending for health care services.
Medicaid & CHIP
Medicaid provides health coverage to millions of Americans, including eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities.The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provides health coverage to eligible children, through both Medicaid and separate CHIP programs. CHIP is administered by states, according to federal requirements. Both programs are funded jointly by states […]
Medicare
A health insurance program for aged persons designed to complement the retirement, survivors, and disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. It covers most persons aged 65 and over.
Featured Resource
Health Policy Handbook
An introduction to the health policy and health care ecosystem
Newsroom
Get the highlights of programs, conversations, and content, and the latest updates at the Alliance.
Letter from the CEO: Building Trust in a “Trust Recession” with the BLC Fellowship
Hi friends, We’re already at the halfway point of the 2026 Bipartisan Learning Communities (BLC) Congressional Fellowship, if you can believe it. Since our last program update in May, the fellows have kept up a steady pace of learning and community-building. One thing I’ve noticed is that our classes have different personalities. The first class […]
The Alliance for Health Policy Releases Final Report from 2026 Signature Series on Health Care Payment
The Alliance for Health Policy Announces 2027 Signature Series on “Affordability”
Letter from the CEO: An Early Update on the 2026 BLC Fellowship
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The Alliance invites everyone to engage with us on health policy issues. Select your interest areas here to receive invitations and resources of interest to you.
We also welcome the opportunity to collaborate and partner with organizations in all sectors. For more information about partnering with the Alliance for Health Policy, please sign up here.
Our Vision for the Future